American Dragon: Haley Long (Season Two)
Chapter/Episode 25: The Dragon Father Part 2
In the darkness of her room/cell, Maggie sat in the small room, wrapped up tightly with chains, assuring her that she would not be going anywhere. The door to the cell slowly opened, and Charlie stepped inside, carrying a bowl of food. "I take it that you must be hungry..." Charlie said, and he walked closer to Maggie, holding the food closer to his mouth. "...Would I be right?"
Maggie tried to keep her face away from the bowl of food, but her growling stomach started to persuade her to act civil. Giving Charlie a wary look, Maggie slowly leant forward and buried her face into the bowl, eating the food like a dog.
"Good..." Charlie smiled as he watched her. "...Maybe tomorrow I can finally let you out of here, and you can join the rest of us. I think after spending several months in prison, you'd like that...Then, you can finally meet The Dragon Father..."
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When Kenna entered the dining hall, she could see that there were still several creatures eating their dinner. Ignoring the lasting creatures, Kenna slowly walked up to The Dragon Father, who was still sitting in his chair, watching everyone. "Sir..." Kenna said as she reached The Dragon Father, bowing her head in respect.
"What is it?" The Dragon Father demanded.
"Sir, I have a bad feeling about the two new arrivals..." Kenna explained. "...One of them came into my sister's room. Something doesn't feel right. I think...they might be looking for something..."
"So..." The Dragon Father narrowed his eyes at Kenna. "...What you are trying to tell me is that you believe these two are infiltrators?"
"It would...make sense, Sir..."
"It makes more than just sense..." A new, familiar voice said, and Kenna turned around to see Aidan Detrick walking up to them. "...I recognized one of those girls as the American Dragon's friend. As far as I know, she has no idea that I recognized her..." He smiled. "...But she recognized me. I could see it in her eyes..."
The Dragon Father just stared at the two dragons standing before him. Finally, he spoke: "...And you are certain that one of these girls is acquainted with the American Dragon, Detrick?"
"As sure as I am that the American Dragon did this to me..." Detrick grinned, a hint of madness in his eyes, as he held up his burnt hand. "...They're here for something, alright..."
The Dragon Father growled quietly before he spoke again: "You two better be correct. Kenna, you go back to your room and stay there. Detrick, you come with me..." The Dragon Father quickly got up out of his chair and started to walk out of the dining hall. "Come, Detrick!" He called back.
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Destiny yawned as she re-entered her new room that she shared with Leah. As soon as she closed the door, Destiny brought her hands up and pulled down her hood, just as she saw Leah sit up on the bed. "Find anything?" Leah asked.
"No." Destiny answered quietly. "I only got in a few rooms. We're going to have to split up tomorrow morning. There are that many rooms..."
"Or you could just do more in the morning while I stay here..." Leah replied, lying back down on the bed.
"I don't think so, Leah..." Destiny scorned, walking over to the bed and sitting down on the other side of it. "...We were both assigned this job, so we both have to work at this. The sooner we find her, the sooner we can get out of here..."
"...And never come back..." Leah muttered.
"...That too..." Destiny smiled slightly. "...I want to get out of her just as much as you do, Leah. So, that's why I think we need to work together...So, you're really that scared by that dragon, huh?"
"You would too..." Leah replied. "...If he tried to blow YOU up..."
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In another dark room, Derex sat on the bed in the room, smiling as he used a nail filer to sharpen his already sharp nails. However, Derex soon stopped and turned his head to the door as he heard a knocking on the door. "Who is it?" Derex demanded.
However, the evil creature got no answer; instead, the door simply opened, and The Dragon Father walked inside, closely followed by Aidan Detrick. "Dragon Father..." Derex quickly got up from the bed and he turned to face The Dragon Father. "...I respectfully ask what you are doing here..."
"It seems that the two new arrivals may be here for a reason other than hiding..." The Dragon Father growled. "...According to Detrick and Kenna, they are acting suspiciously..."
"Is there any proof?" Derex asked.
"...Detrick tells me that he recognizes one of them as a friend of the American Dragon..." The Dragon Father replied. "...If this is fact, then our location could finally be released to the Dragon Council. No one will be safe here..."
"I will look into it..." Derx replied. "...I can promise you that if they are infiltrating this base, I will find them, and make sure that they never report to the Dragon Council..."
"Good..." The Dragon Father nodded. "...Since there are two of them, I'm sending Detrick with you. You both better bring me some real evidence soon..."
The Dragon Father then turned and quickly left the room, leaving Derex alone with Detrick. Detrick smiled as he took a step closer to the other magical criminal. "I know one of them..." He told Derex. "...I want her. She's mine..."
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"We shouldn't just sit here..." Destiny muttered as she sat on the bed next to Leah in their room. "...This could be our best chance at trying to find the escaped prisoner. Don't you think, Leah?"
"I think we should stay here where we're safe..." Leah muttered.
"I agree with Destiny..." Haley's voice suddenly rang into both girls' ears. "...You should go out and try to find Maggie. If you want to get out of her anytime soon, you better find her soon, because Councilor Ulixes won't let you leave until you find her..."
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Leah, now with her hood over her head, sighed as Destiny, who also had her hood over her head, closed the door to her room. "Okay..." Haley's voice rang into both of their ears. "...I think it would be best if you two split up. You'll be able to cover more ground that way..."
"Thank you for telling us that, Haley..." Leah grumbled sarcastically. "...We never could have guessed that ourselves..."
"We'll do that, Haley..." Destiny replied. Then, she turned to Leah. "...Leah, you go that way..." She pointed down the hall. "...And I'll go this way..." She bent her arm and pointed behind her with her thumb. "...Hopefully, one of us will be able to find her."
"So, what happens if one of us finds her?" Leah asked.
A moment later, they could both hear Haley's voice in their ears. "If one of you finds her, then you come outside, where I'll meet you. Then, I'll contact the other one. Does that sound like a plan?"
"Sounds like a plan to me..." Leah muttered.
"Alright, then you two should get going..." Haley finished.
Leah and Destiny then separated; each of them turning and walking down the opposite sides of the hall. Unbeknownst to either of them, watching them from the dark shadows, only several feet away, were Aidan Detrick and Derex.
"I told you they were here for the American Dragon..." Detrick grinned.
"I never said that I doubted you..." Derex growled. "...Now come on, you go after the girl going that way, and I'll go after the other one..."
"What do you want me to do when I get her?" Detrick's grin widened.
"You can do whatever you want with her..." Detrex growled back. "...Just get her!"
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Outside, Haley stood, looking around the area. "I am so glad I don't have to live in this dump..." Haley muttered to herself as she stopped looking around, and she put her back to the wall, sliding down into a sitting position, just as she heard a ringing sound coming from her person.
Quickly reverting to her human form, Haley reached into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out her communication device, just as a holographic image of Councilor Ulixes appeared. "Dragon Long, any news from the infiltrators?" She asked. "Have they found the prisoner?"
"No..." Haley answered. "...Not yet..."
Even though it was a hologram, Haley could see the disappointment in Ulixes' eyes. "Then..." Ulixes tried again. "...Have they had ANY progress at all?"
"They are looking for her at this very moment..." Haley reported. "...They have split up so that they can cover more ground. I'm hoping that they will be able to find her very soon..."
"They better..." Ulixes replied. "...We're all counting on them..."
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Aidan Detrick had a wide, sadistic smile on his face as he walked down the halls of the dark hideout. The cloaked girl was only several feet ahead of him, and as she constantly stopped to open and peak into all of the doors that she passed by, Detrick stopped and waited.
"Oh, Leah..." He muttered with a smile on his face. "...Your lack of subtlety is going to get you slain sooner or later...by me..."
"Detrick!" His smile soon faded as he heard a hiss behind him, and within seconds, Kenna stepped up beside him, and she joined him in watching the cloaked girl slowly make her way down the hall. "She's looking for something..." Kenna growled. "...I just know it. I just don't know what she's looking for. I know she's trouble. I know they're both trouble..."
Then, Kenna turned her head and scowled at Detrick. "...Aren't you supposed to be spying on her?"
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Detrick retorted.
"It looks like you're letting her go on her merry way..." Kenna growled. "...You should be stopping her. You should be telling her to go back to her room for the night..."
"That wouldn't solve anything..."
"Why?" Kenna asked, raising an eye at him, then, her mouth dropped. "You found the proof, didn't you? She's a spy for the Dragon Council, isn't she?"
"Derex and I heard her talking to the other girl right outside their door..." Detrick smiled. "...They're looking for something alright. And I think I know WHO..."
Hearing this, Kenna's eyes widened. "They're here for Charlie's friend?" It wasn't really a question, but it sounded like one. Then, she smiled cruelly. "Oh...let me kill her. I'll make her regret coming here..." As she said this, she took a step forward, a devilish, maniacal look in her eye, but Detrick reached out and grabbed her shoulder.
"Not so fast..." He told her. "...This girl's mine. We go way back, and now it's time for me to settle the score..."
Kenna seemed disappointed, and she narrowed her eyes. Yet, nonetheless, she nodded. "Alright..." She said. "...You take care of her. I assume that Derex is taking care of the other one."
"You'd be correct..."
"Then I'll alert The Dragon Father..." Kenna told him, turning her head so that she and Detrick were watching Leah as she disappeared into the dark hall.
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Destiny took a deep breath as she stood in front of one of the doors; one of the doors that would lead to an unknown room. "Please let this one be it..." Destiny prayed out loud. Then, she grabbed the knob with her hand and turned it, slowly pushing the door open and stepping inside.
To Destiny's disappointment, the room was completely empty, the bed covers uneven a crumpled, as if the inhabitant had just gotten out of bed. "Dang it!" Destiny muttered, and she quickly backed out, closing the door behind her.
Sighing, Destiny started to make her way down the hall, and as she did, her ears suddenly picked up the sound of footsteps, and not hers. At first thinking that she was hearing things, Destiny stopped for a second to see if the footsteps would stop.
However, the footsteps did not, and they started to get louder, as if the person was getting closer as she just stood there. Still, Destiny shrugged, and she continued walking, completely unaware that Derex was walking closer and closer toward her, a devious smirk on his face.
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Leah turned at a turn in the hall, and she walked into a completely new hall. Fortunately for Leah, though, the hall was much smaller, and she could see the end of the hall. "This shouldn't take that long..." Leah said to herself as she walked over to the first of the four doors that were in the hall, and she turned it, only to find that the door was locked, and refused to open.
"Bingo..." Leah said. "...Haley, can you hear me? I think I may have found where the escaped prisoner is hiding. Haley, can you hear me?"
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Outside, Haley was sitting against the wall, with a bored look on her face. Sighing, Haley brought her claws down to the dirt on the ground, and she started to carve into the dirt, making several doodles. Suddenly, she could hear a crackling in her ear, and she could hear Leah's voice:
"Haley, can you hear me? I think I may have found where the escaped prisoner is hiding. Haley, can you hear me?"
Her eyes widening, Haley put her clawed hand to the microphone in her ear, and she spoke: "I can hear you, Leah." She said. "You found Maggie?"
"I think so..." Came Leah's voice. "...There's just one problem..."
"What's that?"
"The door is locked..." Leah replied. "...How am I supposed to get inside if I can't open the door?"
"Okay, just relax..." Haley told her. "...I'll contact Councilor Ulixes. She'll know what to do. Just wait about five minutes. Okay?"
"Fine..."
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"Fine..." Leah replied, taking a step back. "...So what should I do in the meantime?"
"I think it would be best if you check the other doors..." Came Haley's reply in her ear. "...You know...just to be safe..."
"Fine..." Leah replied. She then turned and started to walk to the next door. However, just as she put her hand on the knob, she froze as she felt a new presence a couple feet away from her, and as she turned her head to the side, she could hear evil chuckling as her eyes widened in horror.
Aidan Detrick was standing at the entrance to the hall, his eyes sparkling in anticipation. "Hello, Leah..." He said. "...Long time, no see..."
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Destiny was starting to feel unnerved by the sound of the footsteps behind her as she continued walking down the dark hall. Destiny was beginning to get so nervous that she forgot to check the doors, and she merely continued to walk down the hall.
Finally having enough, Destiny decided to turn her head back, glancing, only to silently gasp as she saw that Derex was walking behind her, his arms were behind his back, as if he was walking casually. However, Derex was looking up at her head, and their eyes met. At that moment, Derex smiled, and Destiny knew that she was in trouble.
Her heart starting to pound against her chest, Leah turned her head back and she quickly bolted; running blindly down the hall, not caring where the halls would lead her, just as long as she got away from the creature that had taken away her mother's life. As she ran, she could hear pounding footsteps behind her, as Derex followed suit, running after her as quickly as he could.
Despite Destiny running as fast as her legs could carry her, Derex simply ran faster, and he was able to launch himself off the ground, ramming into Destiny, knocking her onto the ground with a grunt. "Shh, shh, shh..." Derex hissed at her as he pulled her up onto her knees, wrapping one of his arms around her upper chest, trapping her, while he used his other hand to pull down her hood, revealing her face.
With the girl's head now exposed to him, Derex grinned as he grabbed as much of her hair as he could keep in his fist as he pulled her head back toward his shoulder so he could see her face. However, as he saw Destiny's face, Derex's smile faded, and his face paled.
"Do...Do I know you?" He asked.
Seeing the shock on his face, Destiny decided that it was the time to make her escape. Destiny quickly forced her head forward, and although it got her hair pulled, her attempt to free herself succeeded, as she felt Derex's hands leave her hair. Then, squeezing her eyes shut, Destiny forced her head back, smashing it into Derex's face. Derex grunted, and he removed his arm from Destiny's body, but he recovered quickly and lashed out, grabbing her cloak, just as Destiny got to her feet and started to run. Destiny felt herself being pulled back as Derex slowly got up, but panicking, Destiny quickly pulled her arms out of the sleeves, and she ran off. Growling, Derex threw the cloak to the floor and started to chase after Destiny.
Destiny ran as fast as she could, her heart feeling like it was about to burst, and as she ran through the halls, she soon came to a fork in the hall, one hall turning and leading to another area in the hideout. However, Destiny ignored this, and she kept on running straight, disappearing into the darkness, just as Derex arrived at the fork. Grinning, Derex watched her before he turned and ran down the other hall.
Now panting, Destiny continued to run down the hall, just as the hall started to curve. Hoping to see if she was out of danger, Destiny glanced back, taking in a sigh of relief as she saw that she was not being followed. Destiny then turned her head back so she could see where she was going as she ran, only to gasp in horror as she saw Derex coming around the curve in the hall.
Destiny tried to stop, but she was running too fast. Eventually, she ran right into Derex, who stopped and slammed his curled fist into her face. Grunting, Destiny fell backwards, landing on her back, her world going black as her head rolled to the side.
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Kenna could see The Dragon Father sitting back in his chair as she entered the dining hall. This time, there were about three creatures still eating. The Dragon Father was watching these three, but as Kenna approached him, he turned his head straight so he could look at her. "Sir..." Kenna stopped in front of him. "...I have just heard from Detrick..."
"And?" The Dragon Father demanded.
"...He and Derex have found proof that they are infiltrators..." Kenna answered. "...Detrick and Derex are taking care of them, sir..."
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In the Main Hall on the Island of Draco, Sun Park sat, hunched over the table, sleeping. Suddenly the communication device beside her started to ring, and Sun slowly lifted her head with a yawn. Sun took the communication device in her hands and pressed a button, omitting a holographic form of Haley.
"Haley, is everything going alright?" Sun asked. "Have your friends located Maggie, yet?"
"No, Sun..." Haley replied. "...Well, at least, not quite. I need to talk to Councilor Ulixes. Where is she?"
"I'm right here..." Ulixes walked up to the table and snatched the device out of Sun's hands. "...What is it, Dragon Long? Have they found the prisoner?"
"I think so..." Haley answered. "...But there's one problem..."
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Jerri stood in her room, standing right in front of her newest contraption, anticipating the moment where the timer would go off. However, Jerri was soon torn away from her contraption when she heard a knocking at her door. Growling, Jerri turned and stormed over to her door, opening it, seeing Derex, who had Destiny slung over his shoulder.
"What the heck is this?" Jerri asked.
"She's a spy for the Dragon Council..." Derex told her. "...Detrick is taking care of the other spy. I thought you might be interested in helping me dispose of her..."
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Leah slowly backed up in horror as Aidan Detrick slowly walked into the hall, slowly approaching her. ""I thought I'd never see you again, Leah..." Detrick smiled cruelly. "...I thought you'd be out of my life for good. But now that I see that you've come back into my life, I've decided that I'm going to have fun tearing you to pieces..."
"Aidan..." Leah said as she continued to back up. "...Listen to me. I know...I know I wasn't nice, but you have to believe me-I don't feel that way anymore. I understand. Not all dragons are bad..."
"Just stop, Leah..." Detrick told her, his grin fading. "...We both know that you're just saying that because you don't want me to kill you. We both know that you're a two-faced COWARD..."
"N...No, Aidan..." Leah rebutted. "...I'm telling the truth..." With one more step, Leah found that her back was to the door of the final room in the hall. She was trapped.
"Uh-huh..." Detrick nodded in a sarcastic way. "...Of course you have. Unfortunately for you, it's far too late. YAAHHH!" Then, Detrick flared his wings and jumped from the ground, soaring over to Leah with his claws extended.
At that very moment, Leah could hear the knob to the door she was leaning against turn, and the door started to open. Thinking quickly, Leah dived out of the way, landing on her stomach on the floor. Turning her head to the side, Leah could see Detrick slam into a sea green dragon, and both grunted as they fell into the room.
Quickly picking herself up, Leah turned and ran into the room, where she saw both Detrick and the sea green dragon lying on the floor, and another, orange dragon, sitting on the floor, chains wrapped around her body. Without thinking, Leah rushed over to her and kneeled down beside her. "Are you Maggie?" She quickly asked.
"Yeah..."
"Well, my name's Leah, and I'm a friend of the American Dragon..."
"You're a friend of the American Dragon?" Maggie asked.
"Yes..." Haley answered. "...It's my job to get you out of here. You know where the keys to these chains are?"
"There on the wall..." Maggie motioned with her head to the wall, right beside the door. Leah quickly got up and ran over to the door, grabbing the keys off of the wall before she rushed back to Maggie. Seconds after Leah put the key into the chain lock, the chains fell away. "Come on!" Leah ordered, grabbing Maggie by her scaly arm and helping her to her feet.
Just as Leah and Maggie got out of the room and started to run down the hall, both Detrick and Charlie got to their feet. "Wait, where's she taking Maggie?!" Charlie demanded.
"Back to the Dragon Council!" Detrick growled. "Unless we stop them! Now, come on!" Detrich then grabbed Charlie by his arm, and they both flew out of the room.
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Outside, Haley smiled as she lowered her communication device. Putting her hand to her ear, she spoke: "Destiny, Leah? Do you read me? I just talked to Ulixes?" She waited a moment, and when she got no answer, she tried again: "Destiny? Leah? Can either of you hear me?"
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Destiny groaned as she started to come to. As she opened her eyes, and as her vision started to clear, she found that she was in a rather large room, and standing right in front of her, was the creature that had killed her mother, and the Dark Scarlet dragon. "Welcome back..." Derex told her, putting his hand to her chin, trying to inspect her. "...Why do you look so familiar?"
Destiny tried to move away from them, but to her surprise, she found that she couldn't move. Looking down, and then up, Destiny found that she was confined to a board, her hands and feet tied down in a spread-eagle position.
"That shouldn't matter..." Jerri growled from next to him. "...All that should matter is that we've captured a spy for the Dragon Council. Which means..." She grinned. "...We need to decide how we're going to dispose of her..."
"You decide..." Derex told her as he just stared at Destiny's face. "...I don't care...just as long as she doesn't cause any trouble. All I want to know is why you look so familiar, girl..."
Her heart pounding in her chest, and hatred coursing through her veins, Destiny forced her head out of Derex's hands. "Maybe I look familiar because I look like my mother..." Destiny growled. "...Who you murdered! I saw you do it..."
At first, Derex looked shocked, but then, after a moment, he smirked. "Aw...I see it. You do look just like your mother, my final victim...I can't believe it's been eight years since I've taken a life..."
"Aw..." Hearing this, Jerri's grin only widened. "...As the daughter of a victim, I think that something special should be in order. Don't you, Derex? Let's take a look..." With a big grin, Jerri turned and walked over to her counter, where she opened up a thick, dusty book. Jerri skimmed through the pages, as various holographic images. Finally, Jerri stopped when the book showed her a holographic image of someone reaching into the body of someone who was tied down. "Aw...Perfect..." Jerri's grin widened, and she closed the book, reaching to the side of the book and grabbing a sharp dagger from the counter.
Turning around, Jerri slowly walked back over to the restrained Destiny clutching the dagger tightly in her claws. Her eyes glowing, Jerri began to bring the blade of the dagger closer to Destiny, but before Destiny had a chance to squeeze her eyes shut, there was a loud crash right before there was a flash of pink, and Jerri grunted as she was thrown off of her feet and went flying several feet back, grunting again as she slammed into her newly made contraption, which tipped over onto the ground. On the ground, Jerri recovered quickly, but just as she was picking herself up, a dinging sound came from behind the wooden board, forcing the three swords tethered to the back to pop out of the holes, going into Jerri's back and out her chest and stomach. Jerri's mouth dropped open as an inaudible gasp of pain escaped her lips. Then, the Dark Scarlet dragon fell back onto the board, her head lulling to the side.
As Jerri met her fate, Haley landed on the ground, her back to the horrific scene. Just as Haley put her claws to Destiny's restraints, Destiny's eyes widened in fear, and she shouted: "Haley, behind you!"
Haley reacted quickly, and she whirled around, just as Derex tried to slash her with Jerri's dropped dagger. Haley quickly turned to the side of Destiny, Derex quickly keeping on her as he went for his second attempt at trying to slice Haley open. This time, Haley was more prepared, and as she stepped back to avoid the attack, she slammed her tail as hard as she could into Derex's chest.
Derex grunted as he was thrown off of his feet, and he went twirling backwards into the wall, which he hit with a grunt. As Derex hit the floor, Haley turned to Destiny and quickly sliced her free from her restraints.
Rubbing the feeling back into her wrists, Destiny glanced at the motionless Derex before she returned her gaze to Haley. "How did you find me?" She asked.
"When you didn't answer my call..." Haley answered. "...I went snooping around outside. I put my ear to the wall, and just as I got to here, I heard your voice..."
However, just then, Haley could hear a voice in her ear, and she soon realized that it was Leah: "Haley, where are you?!" Leah was shouting. "Why won't you answer me?! Fine! Well, just so you know, I have Maggie, but we're being chased by Aidan and some other dragon! Help would be nice!"
Her eyes widening, Haley quickly grabbed Destiny's wrist. "Climb onto my back..." She said. "...We need to go. Leah needs help..."
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Leah was clutching onto Maggie's neck as the orange dragon flew through the halls. Taking a glance behind them, Leah's eyes widened as she saw Detrick and Charlie gaining on them. "Maggie!" Leah called. "Not to sound rude, but they're gaining on us! Hurry your dragon hide!"
"Alright!" Maggie shouted back, but to Leah's surprise, Maggie did not speed up. Instead, Maggie dived down to the ground at her speed, her belly skidding across the floor, throwing Leah from her back. As Leah landed in a heap on the floor, Maggie got to her feet. "Get out while you can!" She said. "I'll stall them! Find Haley and get out!"
Then, Maggie turned and walked over toward the two dragons that were coming up to them. Breathing heavily, Leah took one last glance at Maggie as she got to her feet; then, she took Maggie's advice, and ran.
Maggie, on the other hand, waited as Detrick and Charlie landed right in front of her. "Here I am..." Maggie said. "...I'll make you a deal. I'll stay if you let her go. She's not going to do anything..."
Charlie just stared at Maggie for a second before he scowled, shooting his tail at Maggie and wrapping it around her throat, pulling her to her knees. Then, Charlie turned his head to the side, making it so that he was looking at Detrick. "Go after her..." He told him.
"With pleasure..." Detrick grinned as he started to flap his wings before he took off.
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Leah panted as she ran through the halls of the hideout. She had no idea where she was going, but she didn't really care. Anywhere was better than facing Aidan Detrick again. Turning around another corner, Leah's heart leapt as she recognized thr area she was running to: the front entrance.
Leah quickly reached the door, and she threw it open and rushed outside, quickly looking around, but to her horror, Haley was nowhere to be found. "No..." Leah muttered. "No..." Putting her hand to ear, she shouted: "Haley, where are you?!"
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Haley was flying through the halls of the hideout, with Destiny on her back, when she heard Leah's voice. "Leah, I'm in the halls." She replied. "Where are you?"
"I'm outside..." Came Leah's reply. "...Please hurry and get out here. Maggie sacrificed herself to help me escape. Please hurry..."
Although she could feel her heart sinking at this news, she found herself replying: "Alright. Just let me find a way out of here..." Haley then flew straight before she found another hall. Haley quickly turned down the hall, only to gasp when she saw a gold dragon standing in the middle of the hall, its back to her. The dragon apparently heard her gasp, for it turned around, revealing the grinning face of Aidan Detrick. "Hello, Haley..."
Haley reacted quickly; narrowing her eyes, Haley flapped her wings as hard as she could, and she rammed into Detrick, making him grunt as he fell over. Haley continued to speed down the hall until she reached another turn.
Haley glanced down the hall, and her eyes widened as she saw the door leading to the outside, and to Leah. "Thank heavens..." Haley breathed as she turned down the hall, but before she could make her way to the door, she gasped as she felt claws wrapping around her ankle.
Quickly turning around, she could see a grinning Detrick holding her in place. "You're not going anywhere..." He told her.
"Oh...yes...I...am..." Haley growled back, and she slammed her tail into his chest so hard that Detrick went flying onto the ground as Haley sped out through the door, where she snatched Leah, sweeping her off of her feet as she flew up into the air, just as Detrick got to his feet.
Detrick quickly flew out the doors and out to the outside world. Detrick looked out into the open and both ways, only to see no sign of Haley. Not noticing the pink dragon flying away behind him, Detrick gritted his teeth and growled in frustration.
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"So, let me get this straight..." Back in the Main Hall at the Island of Draco, Councilor Ulixes had a scowl on her face as she stood next to Sun Park; the two staring at the human Haley, Leah and Destiny. "...You found her, but you let her stay?"
"We didn't have any other choice..." Haley tried to explain. "...Their cover was blown. Their lives were in danger..."
"Silence, Dragon Long!" Ulixes roared, striding up to the three girls. "All three of you are failures in my eyes. And to me, failures deserve to be punished! You three stay here..." Then, Ulixes turned and walked out of the room.
Once the doors closed behind Ulixes, Haley looked at Sun. "You understand, right Sun?" She asked.
"Of course I understand, Haley..." Sun said, even though she was talking to all three of the girls. "...What matters is that you are all safe now. You are all safe to try again...on another day..."
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Back at The Dragon Father's hideout, The Dragon Father scowled, seething with anger as Derex was held before him, held in place by Ciggy and Kenna, who held onto her silver staff with her other clawed hand. "You let them escape..." The Dragon Father growled.
"Dragon Father, I-" Derex tried, but The Dragon Father cut him off.
"...There are no excuses!" The Dragon Father growled. "Because not only did you let them get away after they committed the crime of infiltration, but you let them get away with the crime of murder...Because of you, Jerri is dead..."
"I tried to stop them..." Derex said.
"But you failed!" The Dragon Father growled. "So, in the place of her murderer, you will take the fall! Kenna, Ciggy! Take this failure outside and dispose of him!"
"Gladly!" Kenna replied, a hint of madness in her eyes. "Because of you, my sister is dead...and there's no one to answer for it...You'll have to do..."
"No...no!" Derex tried to explain as Kenna and Sugi forced him backwards and out of the room. "No! I tried to stop her! I tried! It wasn't my fault! Just give me one more chance! I'll slay all three of them! Please!"
Despite his please, Derex was forced out of the room by Ciggy and Kenna. Once the three were gone, The Dragon Father turned his head to the side, where Charlie was standing.
"Sir..." Charlie said, lowering his head in respect. "...Just so you know...it is not a complete loss. I sent Detrick out to find the American Dragon and the two infiltrators..."
"And you believe that he will find them?" The Dragon Father asked quizzically.
"Without a doubt..." Charlie replied. "...He knows where she lives..."
Hearing this, The Dragon Father turned his head away from the Charlie and stared at the exit to the room, an evil smile spreading onto his face.
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: So, what did you think? I personally think that this one could end up being one of my favorites. So, tell me what you think. Please review.